In Italy, since the EU opened up for a few more member states, there has a been an influx of foreigners that the Italians refer to as "Moroccans" - but which generally applies to unemployed foreign blacks in general - and there has been a huge rise in large groups hanging around touristy areas, scamming tourists. It was annoying when I was living there - we had several run-ins with them. I almost got into a fight with one guy in Milan near the Sforza Castello, who kept trying to put colored string on my arm, claiming it was for "good luck" - I wanted none of whatever he was doing, so I kept picking it off and dropping it, and saying "NO!" and he kept putting it back on. Finally I told him if he touched me one more time, I'd punch him.

He asked "What country are you from?" and for some reason, I said "I am ZULU!" - even though I am a white. But the look on his face was hilarious.

ultraholland:What prior knowledge of the attack did the Obama administration have? Why did Obama not order forces to intervene? I'm just asking questions here. Why won't Obama give us answers? What is he hiding?

And why did they send out someone to five different talk shows with talking points written by the administration to say it was because of a guanciale video that incited this man who is clearly a radical pancetta fundamentalist?

El Brujo:We had a guy in Seattle a couple years back who randomly chopped a man to death (I believe in front of a school bus full of kids) on the sidewalk. Mental illness is scary and rampant.

/makes you think about concealed carry.//not trolling about guns

No, no, no. To Italians this incident is due entirely to the fact that he is a foreigner and they, the Italians, are way too generous and accepting of foreigners. In their own view, all the world is racist, except Italy. In their own view, Italians are Europe's most welcoming and open-minded people who can't help it that all extra-communitari (their name for anyone non-European) are untrustworthy, shifty-eyed, thieving devils out to abuse Italy's generosity.

/Love Italy//Hate their casual everyday racism///Never try to show an Italian that he is a racist

El Brujo:We had a guy in Seattle a couple years back who randomly chopped a man to death (I believe in front of a school bus full of kids) on the sidewalk. Mental illness is scary and rampant.

/makes you think about concealed carry.//not trolling about guns

Wow. I live in Seattle but somehow missed the deatils of that - and I live on Capitol Hill. This is beyond farked up. As is the situation in Milan.

From the Seattle PI article I googled up: King County prosecutors contend LaRosa attacked Holme hours before he killed Lamagno, a 58-year-old man whom LaRosa is accused of hacking to death in front of a group of school children on Capitol Hill. Lamagno died at the scene.